![]() RAM speed (2800Mhz, etc) is mostly irrelevant for this type of workload, though faster never hurts. Keep in mind that even if a laptop doesn’t come with 16gb of RAM, RAM is usually pretty easy and inexpensive to add (check the product reviews and they’ll usually tell you if the RAM can be upgraded or not, assuming the description doesn’t). AMD processors are an option too, though they tend to perform a bit worse when running on battery, and I’ve found most of the laptop offerings with AMD processors this quarter tend to be quite underwhelming. In general, 10th-gen chips are preferred, but you might be able to find a good deal on a laptop with a 9th-gen chip without sacrificing much in the way of performance. i5s are an option too but aren’t as good of a value for CAD work. You should be able to get something with 6-8 cores (12-16 threads) in your price range no problem. Instead of recommending a specific laptop, here’s some specs I would look for: ![]() Obviously if you had an unlimited budget, you could drop $5k+ on a laptop with a Xeon processor and a Quadro graphics card, but as you already stated, you’re looking for something under $1200, and as I mentioned above, you probably don’t need that much performance anyways. IMO, unless you’re doing heavy-duty rendering with your CAD models, pretty much any laptop with a dedicated GPU (yes, even gaming GPUs) will work fine for creating CAD models and assemblies in for FRC uses.
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